William Rufus gave the lands at Newport to Fulk Paganel
and he gave the small
existing church to the Monks at Tickford Priory in 1100. Around 1350
the
original church was destroyed and this new one built in its place. The
tower,
as is often the case, came later, around 1540 by which time the church
was
no longer in control of Tickford (which Wolsey had dissolved in 1524)
and
was in the protection of Christ Church, Oxford.

Much of the exterior work was replaced around 1827 and
the roof timbers all
fell victim to deathwatch beetle in 1934 and had to be rebuilt.